Monday, 29 April 2013 19:16
E. coli enters the energy game, could pump out petroleum
Bacteria are big news in the biofuel business—genetically engineered microorganisms can turn various combinations of biomass, sunlight, and even carbon dioxide into liquid fuels. The potential for replacing fossil fuels with these renewable energy sources is significant, but the efficient…
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Friday, 26 April 2013 20:22
New ‘green’ method to help upgrade biomass waste into valuable chemicals
UW-Madison chemists have identified an approach to use oxygen gas to convert lignin, a byproduct of biofuel production, into a form that could allow it to replace fossil fuels as a source of chemical feedstocks. Lignin is a complex organic…
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Thursday, 25 April 2013 17:12
US Energy Department allots $18m towards bio-fuel production program
The US Energy Department has allotted funds of around $18m for four innovative pilot-scale biorefineries in the states of California, Iowa and Washington. These bio-refineries will test renewable bio-fuels as an alternative for fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, besides…
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Thursday, 25 April 2013 16:44
Chinese airline to start biofuel-powered commerical flights
Move comes after China Eastern Airlines conducts successful trial of Sinopac-produced fuel made from palm oil and recycled cooking oil China Eastern Airlines has said it plans to introduce biofuel-powered commercial flights, after yesterday completing its first successful trial of…
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Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:43
Town Council passes biomass moratorium
It was clear a half-hour before Town Council took its vote on a petitioned moratorium on large-scale biomass wood-burning facilities that it was going to pass. Early in the evening, the 13 councilors heard from a half-dozen residents who said…
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Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:42
National Trust to pilot biomass boiler at Ickworth House as part of plans to save £4m a year
The National Trust has announced it is to install a 300kW biomass boiler at Ickworth House which will supply all of its heating needs. The project is part of five pilot schemes costing a total of £3.5 million, that the…
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Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:00
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels recognizes FSC certified forests
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has announced that from now on it will recognize FSC standards for responsible forest management. After comparing the Principles and Criteria from the FSC and RSB standards respectively, RSB concluded that the two are…
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 17:10
Parliament report flags major changes to EU biofuels proposal
A European Parliament report into the EU’s proposals for addressing the problem of indirect land use change (ILUC) in its biofuels policy will propose today (17 April) the application of unique ‘factors’ to account for differences in biofuels performance. These…
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 17:02
Sieving silica sieves from biomass ash
Burning biomass for heat and power could produce as much as 2000 TWh by 2020, which would produce 4–15.6 million tonnes of waste ash, per year, in Europe alone. To address the problem of what to do with all this…
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 17:00
Prince of Wales opens biomass plant and whisky bottling centre
The Prince of Wales brought his environmental and whisky interests together as he opened a biomass plant and a whisky bottling centre at a 173-year-old distillery on Tuesday. Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, was at Glen…
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Monday, 15 April 2013 09:13
UK and Brazil team up for biofuels
Brazil has become the epicentre of the world’s biofuels push: so it’s no surprise that a major UK company is looking to get in on the act. TMO Renewables (TMO), based in the UK, has announced that it has formed…
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Saturday, 13 April 2013 23:55
UBC Biofuels: Rushing Mother Nature
What's standing in the way of taking biofuels from the forests to the highway? UBC Forestry Prof. Jack Saddler provides a sneak peek at what scientists are doing to make bring biofuels to your local pump by 2020. More than…
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